Tuesday, October 07, 2008

Macaron Nonsense

I'm casting my vote for PH for preson Nov 4! Only kidding. Why hide your beauty under a bushel? rhere's nothing wrong with transparent boxes for macs. But there is something about a cello bag that makes for immediate gratification. Why fuss with ribbons or scotch tape?My Cousin Bill asked me if I ever got bored painting macarons? Never! It puts me into a trance-like state. There's something about painting round shapes (my fav shape) in pretty colors that is almost as satisfying as eating them. I discovered this morning that I only have 83 pictures of macarons inmy Flickr pics out of 1,000+! How can this be? MORE MACS TO COME! I feel as if I don't have enough delegates.A PB reader asked me if the scent of macarons lingers the boxes I've collected?Sadly no. I checked and there is no scent. But I will be doing much sniffing in Parisin 21 days I promise you

They are beyond words! The color, the shape, the perfection! 80+ is a good start but it's funny how you never get tired of painting them and we never get tired of looking at them! What's happening in 21 days?xoc

I was just checking out the macarons in our bakery here in Antony-- They have flavors such as: mojito, bulle de fraise, sangria, and some other interesting ones... And.. they just changed their packaging to really pretty hot pink/bright orange cookie boxes....

I have to say I'm a plain vanilla kind of macaron girl.Just give me a CARAMEL macaron and I am in heaven. I love lemon and passion fruit too. Raspberry in a pinch. all those exotic flavors are for me like hot pepper chocolate. No reason to go over the top IMO :)

Paris Letters

♥carol gillott♥

l'Ile Saint Louis, Paris, Ile de France, France

Hi I'm Carol Gillott,
My Mom taught me watercolors at 5. I'm still at it, now tripping over cobblestones, living in a 6th-floor garret on l'Ile Saint-Louis, Paris. Read Parisbreakfast with a hot chocolate and croissant.
I paint Paris breakfasts.